# 2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Perception, Machine Learning at Waymo

- Company: Waymo
- What the company does: Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—makes it safe and easy for people & things to get around with autonomous vehicles. Take a ride now. Backed by Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://waymo.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Internship
- Location: Mountain View, CA, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs?gh_jid=8227411
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/waymo-2027-summer-intern-ms-phd-perception-machine-learning/

## About the role

The Perception team builds the system which learns the spatial-temporal representation and their semantic meanings of the surrounding environment of the self-driving car, i.e., the system that “perceives” the world around the car. We work jointly with downstream teams on the optimization and integration into the Waymo Driver. We conduct our own research to address real-world problems and collaborate with research teams at Alphabet.

## What they're looking for

- Enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, or a similar technical field of study or enrolled in a master's program with a strong publication record
- Experience in Python
- Experience building ML models with JAX, PyTorch or Tensorflow

Tags: Perception (7LT)